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IF HOG CHOLERA APPEARS IN YOUR HERD. 



Treat your hogs immediately with anti-hog-cholera serum, 

 after which they should be kept on a light diet and pure drinking 

 water and confined to limited quarters that may be cleaned daily 

 and sprayed three times a week with 1 part of compound cresol 

 solution to 30 parts of water until the disease has abated in the 

 herd. To obtain the best results the serum must be adminis- 

 tered before the disease has progressed in the herd. 



TO RID THE PREMISES OF INFECTION. 



Remove all manure and saturate with quicklime. 



Burn all litter, rubbish, and old hog troughs. 



After the premises are thoroughly cleaned, spray walls, floors, 

 and other surfaces with disinfectant (1 part compound cresol 

 solution to 30 parts water). Where hog houses are small, turn 

 them over, exposing interior to sunlight. 



Wallow holes and cesspools should be filled in, drained, or 

 fenced off. 



All runs underneath buildings should be cleaned and disin- 

 fected and then boarded up. 



Destroy hogs that do not fully recover, as they may be car- 

 riers of cholera infection. 



EQUINE STOCK STILL LARGE. 



]\Iuch apprehension has been felt over the depletion of horse 

 stock in the United States due to the export of horses and mules 

 to Europe and Canada for war purposes. The following figures 

 show, however, that this fear is not well founded : 

 Number of horses and mules inspected by U. S. Bureau of 



Animal Industry for export to Europe and Canada from 



August, 1914, to June, 1915 — all months: 



Horses. IMules. Both. 



To Europe- 260,791 61,441 322,232 



To Canada 41,260 24,120 65,380 



302,051 85,561 387,612 



This total of 387,612 is less than one per cent of the total num- 

 ber of horses and mules in the United States. As a matter of 

 fact, in spite of this exportation to Europe, the total number of 

 these animals in the United States today is greater than it was a 

 year ago, due to an increased production. 



